University of Tennessee Athletics
Big Orange Caravan Rocks & Rolls Through Memphis
June 11, 2017 | General
June 11, 2017
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Expo Center at Agricenter International hosted the University of Tennessee's second Big Orange Caravan stop of 2017 Sunday, with more than 900 energized UT fans enjoying more than two hours of family-friendly fun with a collection of Tennessee coaches, administrators and Spirit Squad members.
Special guests from Tennessee Athletics Sunday in Memphis included Smokey, Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics John Currie, head men's basketball coach Rick Barnes, head football coach Butch Jones and assistant football coaches Bob Shoop, Kevin Beard, Mike Canales, Robert Gillespie, Tommy Thigpen and Walt Wells.
As part of the new-look Caravan this year, Xavier Grace, a rising UT freshman from Memphis and graduate of Kingsbury High School received a scholarship awarded by the Memphis UT Knoxville Alumni Chapter.
Grace's journey to Rocky Top is a remarkable and inspiring story. Learn more about it HERE.
This year's caravan will feature two more stops, with events in Nashville and the Tri-Cities.
The Nashville Big Orange Caravan stop coincides with the 51st annual UT All-Sports Picnic at The Barn at Sycamore Farms on Monday, July 10 (6-8 p.m. CT). Pricing and registration information for that event should be available early next week.
Details regarding the Tri-Cities event also are forthcoming and will be available soon at BigOrangeCaravan.com.
